Photograph of Drive on Prairie River in Itasco County, Minnesota
Original caption: Itasco County, Minn. Drive on Prairie River. (R. Woolsey, Jr.). Historic Photographs
Photograph of Seed Trees, National Forest Service photograph.
Original caption: Five percent of stand not cut, left for seed trees. Norway cutting. These seed trees withstood a severe gale after heavy rains, losing about 1%. Jonesville, Crow Wing County, Minn. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Waste in Logging Maple and Hemlock
Original caption: Waste in logging maple and hemlock. Note old skidway. Manistee, Michigan. Lower Mich NF. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Large Boom of Saw Logs
Original caption: Large boom of saw logs on White Iron Lake. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Brush Burning on Little Vermillion Salek
Original caption: Brush burning on Little Vermillion Salek, March 12, 1917. V&RL Company. Historic Photographs
Photograph of a Forest Service Timber Sale Within 100 Years of the Sta...
Original caption: This is a Forest Service Timber Sale within 100 years of the state sale. Notice the difference in brush disposal, utilization and appearance of remaining timber. Timber cut in winter 1919-1920... More
Photograph of Log Boom Containing 80,000 Pieces
Original caption: Another log boom containing 80,000 pieces--only 2,000,000 b.f. of jack pine. About 607 alive and remainder fire killed. Stumpage of $6.30 per M ft. bm. For dead jack pine was received. Histori... More
Photograph of Boom Containing 80,000 Logs
Original caption: Boom containing 80,000 logs-2,000,000 bd. Ft. of jack pine. These logs were cut on the Chippewa NF winter, 1919-1920, and will be rafted across Lake to Cass Lake where they will be used at the... More
Photograph of a Timber Sale Area in a Jack Pine Stand After Cutting Is...
Original caption: View of timber sale area in a jack pine stand after cutting is completed. Notice the close utilization and excellent clean-up on this sale area; also the white and Norway pine poles and saplin... More
Photograph of Ranger Farley in Norway and Jack Pine Stand Cut over to ...
Original caption: Ranger Farley in Norway-Jack pine stand cut over to favor Norway Pine. (state land.). Historic Photographs
Photograph of Supervisor Marshall and Ranger Farley in a Thinned Stand...
Original caption: Supervisor Marshall and Ranger Farley in thinned stand of Norway Pine. Cut Foot Sioux Dist. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Northwest Corner Plot 13
Original caption: CP. NW corner plot 13. View NE into plot 12. 7" diameter and up cut. Black Spruce. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Commercial Cut Plot 109 from Southwest Corner
Original caption: Commercial cut plot 109 from SW corner. Logging completed. F.U. logging brush scattering. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Black Spruce Cutting, National Forest Service photograph...
Original caption: Black Spruce cutting. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Jack Pine Thinning Plot After Treatment
Original caption: Jack pine thinning Plot after treatment. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Jack Pine Pole Stand During Treatment
Original caption: Jack pine pole stand during treatment. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Jack Pine Pole Stand Before Treatment
Original caption: Jack pine pole stand before treatment. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Jack Pine Pole Stand After Treatment
Original caption: Jack pine pole stand after treatment. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Area Just Logged Selectively R. B. Goodman Lumber Compan...
Original caption: Area just logged selectively R.B. Goodman Lumber Company, Forest County Wisconsin. Sec.31T39, R17E. Second growth stand; only large trees removed, comprising about 50% of volume. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Thinning in Shortleaf Pine Showing Splash Disposal
Original caption: Thinning in shortleaf pine showing splash disposal. Historic Photographs
Photograph of 65 Year Old Jack Pine
Original caption: 65-year old jack pine. Southwest corner of marking plot 14, plot 72, six months after logging. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Plot 201 After Cutting
Original caption: Plot 201 - clear cut. After cutting. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Plot 202 After Cutting
Original caption: Plot 202 - 8" (commercial) cutting. After cutting. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Tree Cutting, National Forest Service photograph.
Original caption: 206-Check plot number cutting. Camera point No. 1 south. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Plot 204 After Cutting
Original caption: Plot 204 - 10" cutting. After cutting. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Typical Cut over Land in Northern Minnesota
Original caption: Typical cut over land in Northern Minnesota. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Cutting Plot Number One After Logging
Original caption: Cutting plot #1, Plot 112; after logging. Cutfoot. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Cutting Plot Number One After Logging
Original caption: Cutting plot #1, Plot 113; after logging. Cutfoot. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Hicks Sale, National Forest Service photograph.
Original caption: Hicks Sale - Cutfoot Sioux. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Junior Forester Leland Frater Standing in a Jack Pine Ar...
Original caption: Jack Pine area after cutting on private land west of out jack pine sale area in Section 7, T42N, R11E. Junior forester Leland Frater standing near a slash pine to show the relative depth of th... More
Photograph of Hardwood Slash That Is One to Five Years Old
Original caption: Hardwood slash 1 to 5 years old. Approximately 600 stems (including reproduction) left after logging. Ten to twenty hemlock and birch snags per acre. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Cleveland Ciffs Iron Company Tie Mill from the Rear
Original caption: Cleveland Ciffs Iron Company tie mill from the rear - shouing loading of a car with tie - slabs for chemical wood used at Cliffs-Dow Chemical Plant at Marquett. Forest Lake, Upper Michigan NF.... More
Photograph of Area Along the Eagle River
Original caption: Area along the Eagle River - Alvin Road cut over by the Thunder Lake Lumber Company. Franklin Lake Campground. Nicolet NF. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Veneer Lathe, National Forest Service photograph.
Original caption: Veneer lathe (small length blot machine). Left to right Howard Viens (breaking) Mr. Bishop (foreman) Paul Schrimmer (operator) and Joe Kuczala hoisting. Nicolet NF. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Virgin Hardwood Stand Marked for Selective Cutting on Ni...
Original caption: Virgin hardwood stand marked for selective cutting. Nicolet NF. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Small Dimension Mill, National Forest Service photograph...
Original caption: Small dimension mill, showing the milling of stock for broom handles and bowling alley pins. Ernest Frienier, Chest Grienier and Ernest Mignon trimming. Nicolet NF. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Clear Cut Area Cut by Goodman
Original caption: Clear cut area cut by Goodman in the fall of 1937. Goodman, Wis. Nicolet NF. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Boat Landing at Harbor in Grand Marais, Minnesota
Original caption: Boat landing at harbor for load of pulpwood. Grand Marais, Minn. Historic Photographs
Photograph of View in Clear Cut Area After Logging
Original caption: View in clear cut area after logging. All the brush and slash is now covered with snow. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Destructive Land Clearing, National Forest Service photo...
Original caption: 1 mile east of Doss, Missouri. Highway A-T33N, R5W - destructive land clearing. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Hardwood Slash Lopped, National Forest Service photograp...
Original caption: Hardwood slash lopped and scattered on the Schaarf Sale. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Logging on Private Land
Original caption: After logging on private land adjacent to the Schaarf Sale. Note high stumps, large amount of material left in woods, piles of slash, and absence of a residual stand. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Logging on Private Land
Original caption: After logging on private land adjacent to the Schaarf Sale. Note high stumps, large amount of material left in woods, piles of slash, and absence of a residual stand. Historic Photographs
Photograph of a Red Pine Stand - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...
Original caption: Red pine stand after logging by the shelterwood cutting system. Thistledew Camp, Togo, Minn. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Young Growth Released by Shelterwood Cut in Virgin Red P...
Original caption: Young growth released by shelterwood cut in virgin red pine. Associate Forester Calvin B. Stott standing in clump of white pine (Pinus strobus) reproduction to show comparative size. Thistlede... More
Photograph of Hardwood Slash Under a Canopy of Selectively Logged Stan...
Original caption: Hardwood slash under a canopy of selectively logged stand, located in the Southern Illinois Branch experimental forest. Historic Photographs
Photograph of McKusick Sale on the Cut Foot Sioux Ranger District
Original caption: McKusick sale on the Cut Foot Sioux Ranger District. This area was logged in the summer of 1937, 1500 to 2000 bd. ft. per acre removed on the average, and was used for mine timbers. Over-matur... More
Photograph of Slash Disintegration of White Oak
Original caption: Slash disintegration of white oak. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of District Ranger Chase, National Forest Service photograp...
Original caption: District Ranger Chase checking the number of stems per acre left in a jack pine stand after it was thinned selectively by commercial sale in the winter of 1937-38. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Red Pine Management Cycle
Original caption: Red pine "Management Cycle". Repeated selective cuttings have further advantage of favoring the establishment of an abundance of pine seedlings, eager to occupy the soil as the old trees are r... More
Photograph of Jack Pine Management Cycle
Original caption: Jack pine "Management Cycle". At 40 years of age pulpwood can be removed, but only crooked, limby trees should be cut. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Jack Pine Management Cycle
Original caption: Jack pine "Management Cycle". Five years after thinning, dominant trees in this stand, now 30 years old, increased 0.9 in. in diameter; corresponding trees in the unthinned stand increased onl... More
Photograph of 70 Year Old Jack Pine
Original caption: 70 year old jack pine selectively cut to a flexible 9-in. d.b.h. limit. Plot 113, Cutfoot. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Aspen Management Cycle, National Forest Service photogra...
Original caption: Aspen "Management Cycle". At age 45 this stand contains 6,000 board ft. Average stands rarely contain more at any age. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Jack Pine Management Cycle
Original caption: Jack pine "Management Cycle". Following logging and scarification of, in some cases, fire, sealed cones release an abundance of jack pine seed which give rise to a dense stand of seedlings. Hi... More
Photograph of Aspen Management Cycle, National Forest Service photogra...
Original caption: Aspen "Management Cycle". Removal of 2,500 bd. ft. per acre grossed $35.00 and left this 45 year old stand in excellent condition for future growth. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Dense Stand of Unthinned Red and Jack Pine
Original caption: Dense stand of unthinned 35- year old mixed red and jack pine. Pike Bay. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Stand of Dense Mixed Jack Pine
Original caption: Stand of dense 35 year old mixed jack pine five years after thinning. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Aspen Management Cycle, National Forest Service photogra...
Original caption: Aspen "Management Cycle". Five cords of pulpwood per acre have been removed, netting $1.87 stumpage and providing $20.62 in wages and truck hire for felling, peeling, and delivering. Historic ... More
Photograph of Aspen Management Cycle, National Forest Service photogra...
Original caption: Aspen "Management Cycle". Even though not thinned, thrifty 30 year old stands contain aspen pulpwood. Historic Photographs
Photograph of 30 Year Old Jack Pine Stand
Original caption: 30 year old jack pine stand 10 years after thinning. Black Duck Road. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Jack Pine Management Cycle
Original caption: Jack pine "Management Cycle". The thrifty owner cuts low quality trees for fuel and pulpwood; he reserves the clean, straight trees for piling, mine timber, and sawlogs. By repeated light cutt... More
Photograph of Aspen Management Cycle, National Forest Service photogra...
Original caption: Aspen "Management Cycle". Thinned at age 20 years, This stand now 30 years has merohantable saw timber. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Mixed Pine Management Cycle
Original caption: Mixed pine "Management Cycle". Young pines occupy the understory at 120 years of age. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Arboretum Stock, National Forest Service photograph.
Original caption: Arboretum stock. Virginia Pine, Pinus virginia, 2-1. Collection No. C-515. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Mature White Pine Stand
Original caption: Mature white pine stand after logging, with slash piled for burning. District Ranger St. Amant scaling logs in field. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Mature White Pine Stand
Original caption: Mature white pine stand after logging, with slash piled for burning. District Ranger St. Amant scaling logs in field. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Handy Eagle Oiler Used to Mark Trees for Experimental Pu...
Original caption: Handy Eagle Oiler used to mark trees for Experimental Purposes. Manistee NF. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Marking Trees with Paint
Original caption: Trees can be more economically marked by using paint applied with a spray gun that by blazing with an axe. A spot of paint is sprayed on the tree at breast height and one below stump height. H... More
Photograph of U.S. Stamped into the Wood on the Blaze
Original caption: To indicate the authenticity of the blaze as an indication for outing a tree. U.S. is stamped into the wood on the blaze. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Ed Johnvin and Dewey Spencer Hooking onto a Lumber Cart
Original caption: Ed Johnvin, cat driver, and Dewey Spencer, helper, hook onto a lumber cart building to the right. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Workers Sanding the Radio Cabinets
Original caption: Workers sanding the radio cabinets before the staining, varnishing, etc. Tell City. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Squaring Out Hickory Bolt
Original caption: Squaring out hickory bolt to be made into handle at the Kemp Brothers Handle Factory near Grantsburg, Indiana. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Employees of the Tell City Chair Factory
Original caption: Employees of the Tell City Chair Factory coming out of the plant at noon. This factory employs from 200 to 300 people the year-round. On an average, 1000bd. ft. of lumber is being fabricated i... More
Photograph of Workers Inspecting Child's Desks and High Chairs
Original caption: Workers inspecting child's desks and high chairs for flaws, in the finishing room of the Lehman Furniture Company. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Worker Operating a Lathe
Original caption: Worker operating a lathe which turns out standard patterns automatically, Cannelton, Indiana. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Shaping a Sledge Handle of Hickory
Original caption: Shaping a sledge handle of hickory, using a draw knife. Kemp Brothers. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Boring Holes for Dowels in Chair Legs
Original caption: Boring holes for dowels in chair legs. Tell City Chair Factory. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Shaping Chair Rails, National Forest Service photograph.
Original caption: Shaping chair rails, Tell City Chair Factory. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Worker Finishing Tomato Basket
Original caption: Worker finishing tomato basket. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Taping Walnut Veneer Strips
Original caption: Taping walnut veneer strips, using a taping machine. These strips are glued to basswood cores for use in manufacturing radio cabinets. Tell City Chair Factory. Tell City, Indiana. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Strawberry Baskets Being Assembled
Original caption: Assembling Strawberry baskets at the Bloomington Basket Factory. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Line Production Assembling High Chairs
Original caption: Line production assembling high chairs. Lehman Furniture Factory. Cannelton, Indiana. They specialize in children's furniture. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Workers Bending Chair Backs
Original caption: Workers bending chair backs. The wood is first soaked in the vat at the left, then it is bent around the form as shown and is allowed to dry. Tell City Chair Factory. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Part of the Finishing Room
Original caption: Part of the finishing room showing two workers inspecting high chair trays for flaws. Cannelton, Indiana. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Logs in Flambeau River
Original caption: General view of logs in Flambeau River. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Walnut Veneer Log Being Cut
Original caption: Walnut veneer log being cut into smaller, more valuable, sections by a power crossout saw. Amos-Thomas Lumber Co. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Hickory Bolts Being Scaled
Original caption: Hickory bolts being scaled be the plant scaler as they are unloaded from the truck at the Paoli Handle Factory. Paoli, Ind. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Crane Moving a Walnut Veneer
Original caption: Crane moving a walnut veneer from the log deck to the cut off saw at the Amos-Thomas Lumber Co. Edinburgh, Indiana. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Portable Sawmill, National Forest Service photograph.
Original caption: Portable sawmill set in an opening in mature stand of white pine after logging, sawing logs cut off the Kusnierek Sale area. Lumber is graded and then piled for air drying. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Looking Down a Cutting Row
Original caption: Looking down a cutting row on a private forty from which 380 cords of spruce were cut per forty. Nothing merchantable remains standing. (The spruce in the foreground are on the adjacent govern... More
Photograph of Looking Down a Cutting Row
Original caption: Looking down a cutting row on a government forty cut-over using good cutting practices from which 275 cords of spruce pulpwood per forty have been removed. An excellent thrifty stand remains, ... More
Photograph of Tractor Skidding a Sled Load of Graded Lumber
Original caption: Tractor skidding a sled load of graded lumber to be piled for air drying. Kusnierek Sale on the Tofte R.D. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Worker Piling Two-by-Six Red Pine Lumber
Original caption: Worker piling 2x6 red pine lumber for air drying in the yard of the Terreau portable sawmill, at present located near Squaw Lake, Minnesota. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Mature Stand of White Pine After Logging
Original caption: Mature stand of white pine after logging. Supervisor's sale to F.J. Kusnierek of Duluth. An average of 16 seed trees were left per acre. Historic Photographs
Photograph of Rathborne, Hair, and Ridgeway Sawmill and Box Factory
Original caption: Rathborne, Hair, & Ridgeway Sawmill & Box Factory at Cass Lake, Minn., a subsidiary of the Armour Packing Co. Makes packing boxes of all types. Used about 10 million bd.ft., of all species p... More
Photograph of Sawing a Small Red Pine Log
Original caption: Sawing a small red pine log (9" in diameter at the large end) at the G.E. Hall portable sawmill near Cut Foot Sioux CCC Camp. These small logs normally do not pay their way, but the logs bein... More
Photograph of Jack and Red Pine Lumber Piled for Air Drying
Original caption: Jack and red pine lumber piled for air drying and portable sawmill (right background) of Terreau's mill near Squaw Lake, Minnesota. This mill saws between 10M to 14M bd.ft. per day, practical... More
Photograph of Transplanting Red Pine Stock
Original caption: Transplanting 2-0 red pine stock at the Eveleth Nursery. The earth has now been stamped firmly around the roots of the trees and one leaf of the transplant board has been raised, showing how ... More
Photograph of Mining Timber Products, National Forest Service photogra...
Original caption: Mining timber products - mostly jack pine - piled in yard in the Ely, Minn. mining district. One of the largest uses of jack pine in this area is for mine props. (Kawishiwi R.D.). Historic Photographs